March 27, 2014 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight TimeWALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--North Bridge Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm, together with Black Duck Software, the trusted partner for open source software adoption, management and governance, will unveil the findings of the eighth annual Future of Open Source survey during a webinar, “2014 Future of Open Source Survey Results Revealed,” scheduled for Thursday, April 3rd, at 2 p.m. ET.

Michael Skok, General Partner at North Bridge Venture Partners, together with Lou Shipley, CEO at Black Duck Software, and Jeffrey Hammond, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, will provide a full report on the state of the open source industry as revealed by this year’s Future of Open Source findings as well as offer predictions for future trends. In its eighth year and built upon the foundation of the North Bridge and Black Duck partnership, the 2014 survey is the broadest to date with an unprecedented number of respondents and over 50 listed collaborators.

Open source influencers and executives looking for a sneak peek of the findings prior to the webinar, are also invited to join Michael and Lou at the Future of Open Source live dinner event taking place in Boston the night prior, Wednesday, April 2nd, at 7 p.m. ET, at Empire Restaurant in Boston. To request an invitation to this private event please contact Eric Jones at ej@northbridge.com.

Finally, on Thursday, April 10th, at 8:30 a.m. ET, Michael will also be presenting the Future of Open Source survey results with other open source leaders at a Mass Technology Leadership Council event. Details for all three events are provided below:

Follow the 2014 Future of Open Source Survey online and Twitter at @North_Bridge, #FutureOSS and @FutureOfOSS.

About North Bridge

North Bridge Venture Partners and North Bridge Growth Equity are active partners with entrepreneurs providing seed-to-growth financing for innovative companies looking to disrupt big markets. With $3.5 billion in capital currently under management, North Bridge partners, many founders themselves, work with entrepreneurs to apply their expertise in the creation, operation and scaling of market-leaders. The firm has funded more than 170 companies creating many billions in market value. Among those firms are Acquia, Actifio, Cool Planet, Couchbase, Demandware, Mavenir Systems, Paydiant, Proto Labs, Reval and Starent Networks. The firm has offices in Waltham, MA and Palo Alto, CA. To learn more about North Bridge go to http://www.northbridge.com. For more information on the Future of Open Source program, visit: http://mjskok.com/resources/open-source. Follow us at @North_Bridge.

About Black Duck Software

Offering award-winning software and consulting, Black Duck is the partner of choice for open source software adoption, governance and management. Enterprises of every size depend on Black Duck to harness the power of open source technologies and methods. As part of the greater OSS community, Black Duck connects developers to comprehensive OSS resources through Ohloh.net, and to the latest commentary from industry experts through the Open Source Delivers blog. Black Duck also hosts the Open Source Think Tank, an international event where thought leaders collaborate on the future of open source. Black Duck is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Mateo, St. Louis, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing. For more information about how to leverage open source to deliver faster innovation, greater creativity and improved efficiency, visit www.blackducksoftware.com and follow us at @black_duck_sw.